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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-02-24
New wooIen Dress Goods.

Among the new dress woolens to bt
used for visiting gowns during the win
ter and for handsome promenade dresses
in the spring, are fine soft ladies' cloth
fabrics in novel pale hues of helitropc.
chamois, pale copper, maple leaf green,
raspberry red, amaranth. rose color.
and cream yellow and blue of the tints
seen ON bisque and Royal Worcester
wares. Fur and feather bands trim the
suits Of these materials worn at present.
Further on, the Russian polonaises.
jackets and long overdresses made Of
them, will be decorated with cloth ara,
besques In cut work. sppliques 90 rich
and heavy in effect as to closely resem.
Gle costly Swiss smbroideries in silk and
arfasene. Velvet Of . deeper :hadl
will also be combined with these ma
terials In elegant carriage and dinneI
gowpA--G Il Resk - s-;.--
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-02-24
TEMPERANCE READING.
THE MAYNARD sov.


A Crusade Incident.
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you M Ana % me- ' r'"' 'o''' '-'''
rn.t srst cis.. -. ,,v ,..., ,rr. TO. ,,.., I.
wrsns .;ros ~ sssr s '"''' 0"p' W 000n
And vou have CONQUERED se,s hut .e,, tina
c,,r.e to otSer mem '' 'u' '''' ''''
out the drunken crowd;
INA scres ~ through M ,s.,,r, h..,, +h.
tall Il rough ana iona
ait down tosether TIL ve TAI, what ,,se bas
been II each.
N ma, tn, hut a h,aacb,r, oor,,,e ,,,,or a
sandv beach -
tai, tfe raj o
you knov tirunkard,s use "a ope NJ eorrov AZ
the hest: "
This verv bnr--I DRINK ,t here--ah .rac,r ~ vou
nierce some heart With stee,, e' "-''
"Could you but hear my mothers sobs and
prayers for one like me;
Could YOU but see the starving wives and
children's agony.
All are not drunkardsr No, but all walk the
same downward way
4he iudoment ina Sav '"'' '"0 0A''
"rve come o long, long way; IL seems as
though nv brain were wild;
Thought rd like to be again where was
once child.
wonder II my mother now would know her
only SON!
o"0 what NV ain has dors ''' ("" 'n"' 40
~ 90 '''' N'
"rve heard that women come to pray within
these haunts of sin:
aThey have been herer Oh blessed faith |
and you have let them tus
Perhaps they'll come again; there's need for
sinners such as we;
eril come to me
"Jack how my brain throbs; I am weak; give
me place tonight;
I'm poor, although my father house is near,
and warm and bright"
"Tve slept so long. Thought perhaps should
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-02-24
A Bad Climate for Drinke rs.

There are more drunkards-ten to
one = in America than in Germany,
yet far less number of the people
drink at ALL The German Consul, Tan
ner, explains this by a difference in
the manner of drinking. But in this
he does not go to the root of the mat
ter. Why, we may ask him. does the
difference in the mode existp Simply
because the greater portion of the
drinking class in America drink for the
sake of getting drunk, They pour
down glass after glass, as quickly as
may be, that they may the more speedily
reach the drunken stage. This points
to fact that our Consul does not men-
tion-that the class in America who
get drunk Speaking in the general
sense) are of lower grade morally
than the mass of the drinkers in Ger
many. Intemperance is becoming the
wee of the low, the immoral, the ig-
norant Americans. She educated, the
intelligent, the thinking portion of the
community eschew it.
Another point still in his report en-
lists our attention. Speaking of the
general drinkingin Germany, Mr.. Tan
nef says that It is claimed that, ''in
order to counteract the depressing ef-
fects of the cold, sunless, humid climate
of Europe, which has the tendency to
carry on the animal functions with Ian
guor and feebleness, stimulants are
necessary to arouse those functions to
that degree of activity and vigor en-
joyed by others that are more favored
in this respect"
Now, supposing this to be true, it
affords most excellent reason against
drinking at all in America. Our
bright, clear skies. our sunny climate
Compared with that of Northern Eu-
rope), and above all our dry, crisp,
electric atmosphere, render no excuse
whatever for drinking. The truth of
the matter is that intoxicants act more
slowly, less violently, in such climate
as Mr.. Tanner describes. They act
with maximum rapidity in its opposite,
our climate, and their evil effects are
much sooner experienced. = Toledo
Blade.
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BORROWING MONEY.
Honest Tins "COmpliment" Not Quite An.
preciated by Bank Manager.

Honest Tins "COmpliment" Not Quite An.
preciated by Bank Manager.
Borrowing money is very favorite
practice with the Irish farmer; and until
a recent period the banks made the
qualification of this taste extremely
easy. A Cork car driver lately said to
his fare: why. sir, while ago a
farmer need only to put on 'clane'
shirt, and 60 to the bank, and he'd get
what he wanted" The expectations,
however, of some of the borrowers were
too great, as the following incident,
which really occurred, very amusingly
shows. A certain small farmer, whom
we shall call Tim" for convenience,
called upon the manager of the National
Bank, in a town in the northeast OF
the county of Cork. The following
dialogue ensued: "Good morning, yer
honor, l called about little business;
and though. there are other banks in
the town, 1 thought I'd give yer honor
the compliment" "Well, Tim. and
what is the businessP" "Well, yei
honor, the interest on Kitty Keeffe'
farm is selling off, and l want to rise
eight hundred pounds to buy it" 'Non.
sense, Tim; the interest in her farm
isn't worth any thing like that. But
suppose was fool enough to lend you
this money, how would you ever pay it
backp" Is it pay it agin, yer honor9
Nothin' aisier in life, Sure, the young
fellow would get in fortune when he
marries.'' "And may ask, Tim, what
age is the young fellowP" "He's three
years ould yer honor" 1t need hardly
be said that the manager did not see it;
and Tim, in spite Of his wish ITO give
him the compliment" was refused the
loan of eight hundred pounds.-Spec.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-02-24

A resident of Memphis, Mo-, erectess
on his lawn large bird-house, intend.
ed as the summer house of flock OF
martins. 1t was three-story affair,
and three varieties of birds inhabited
it-martins, bluebirds and sparrows.
The numbers were about equal. The
mixture of breeds did not appear to
cause discomfort for a long time. Each
bird nation gathered sticks and straw
and other material for nests, and har-
mony prevailed for weeks. One day,
however, this gentleman's family dis
covered that there was something
wrong with the Inhabitants of the airy
house on the lawn. There was unusual
commotion. squalling, pecking and
futtering, which denoted trouble in
the hitherto happy family. A close
watch brought the further disccv.
cry that the martins and
bluebirds had Joined forces,
and were making q mighty effort to
drive the sparrows of the premises.
The sparrows bsttled pluckily for their
home. but were in the end doomed to
defeat and ignominious fight. Opr'o.
site the lawn. in . neighbor's yard.
stood several large oaks. A small col.
ony Of blue-jays had pre-empted homes
here. The sparrOws, ON being forced
from homes and nests, took refuge in
the oaks. Their advent was followed
by bird chatter and chirp and squall,
participated in by both spsrrows and
jays. The noise attracted the family,
and now two households were watching
with interest the actions of the winged
tribes. Shortly the sparrows. seem.
ingly escorted by number Of the jays,
returned to the lawn and home. Thi,
was followed by q convention of bird
music. in which the jays took the prom
inent part By-and-by the bediam O,
voices ceased, and the Jays did tn
talking or chirpfng. They soon 70
turned to the oaks. leaving quiet enc
peace on the lawn. The three bird col
onies worked Ill summer without fur
ther jar or dlsagreement Did the jsy,
act ths part q peasenahsssf 0o&6s
] ONYSs ttl1 tit e9lial
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-02-24

stretched straight on and on, away out
to the farthest star in the opposite part
Of the heavens, the part Of that wire
that was in the earth, reaching from
one pole to tho other, would represent
the axis Of the earth around which the
whole globe. of the earth revolves or
turns, just as I turn this ball round and
round, you see, about this knitting
needle. You know the earth turns
over, in that way, from west to east
once day, slowly rolling over like that
in just twenty-four hours. Well, now,
that motion of the earth itself, slowly
turning over from west to east, makes
the whole heavens, all the stars and the
sun and moon all seem to turn around
right the other way, from east to west,
don't you seeP So the sun seems to
rise In the east and go over our heads
and down ont of our sight in the
west! The moon does the same; and
all the stars, except the North Star, do
the same. The stars all rise in tho east,
pass up over our heads, those that are
not too far north or too far south, and
pass down out of sight in the west. OF
course those that rise in the east in the
morning with the sun, pass over our
heads in the daytime and set when the
sun does, we can not see, because the
great sun shines so much brighter. Do
you understand itp II so, you do
pretty we'll. You want to understand
it 50 that you can see it all with your
eyes shut. That is seeing with the
mind or with the imagination. And
now what want you to see. last Of all,
about the Dipper, is that it will be, dur
ing a part of the twenty-four hours
right side up, and during the other part
of the twenty-four hours bottom side
up. This, remember, is because the
world turns over every day on its axis,
while the end of the axis points to the
North Star. ."-Munyon's illustrated
World.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-02-24
NO pRorecr,oN WHATEVER.
Evidence from History that whisky Doea
Not ward on ths Cold.

Evidence from History that WHISKY Doea
Not ward on ths Cold.
Father L. Loison, famous Temper
ance priest Of Cologne, Germany, who
has given much attention to the study
Of the question from every standpoint,
writes thus upon the popular fallacy
that whisky is Q preventive Of cold or
safeguard against It: '.n whisky were
really a protection against cold, 1t
would undoubtedly be used In prefer
ence to every thing else by those who.
for the sake of exploring the polar re-
gions, 60 there and suffer almost un-
bearable cold and other hardships.
Yet we are told that most Of them do
not touch whisky at all, preferring to
confine themselves to hot tea and
coffee. The same is done by the
whalers in spite Of their hard and peril
GUS avocation. The same, at least to a
great extent, is practiccd by the sailors.
As physicians serving in the navy and
seamen in general tell us, they are
more thoroughly and much better pro-
tected against cold and sickness with
out whisky than with it. Such are the
facts. Still there are many who look
upon whisky as one Of the best means
of protection against the winters cold;
hence they indulge in it. But what is
frequently the consequence thereof
Sudden and unexpected deaths from
exposure to the very cold against which
they sought to protect themselves.
DR.. Schulz, an army surgeon during
the Russian war, says: The first ones
found dead from exposure were Co.'S
sacks who had been addicted to drink
ing. The three thicknesses of fur, in
which they had wrapped themselves
and which should have been impene-
trable to the cold, had proved INSULT
cient.' History tells us that Charles
Kill, of Sweden, in one of his wars
lost 1000 men by their being frozen to
death, and what was the cause of this
calamityp Whisky again; for exposed
as they were to the rigors of the eli
mate, they had taken refuge in this
treacherous means of protection and
perished. And have not our parents
and grandparents told us time and
again that many of the great French
army were found dead on the ICY fields
of Russia, the whisky bottle in their
graspp Hence you see that whisky
can not be recommended against cold"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-02-24
BLUE. eyes.

what maRes your eyes 10 blue, my dear!"
The loveraslted, In the spring of the year.
"The color caught ia tho b0sky dell
Where the choicest forRet-me-nots do dwell v
"what makes your eyes SO blue, my wtfes"
The husband asked in the summer OF life.
"They show the hUs Of tho ocean deep,
Where your measureless love In my heart
keep"
what makes your eyes 90 bluer' quite low,
The father asked IN the autumn's glow
Because the pure love of our children dear
Keeps them fresh and youthful from year Il
year" -.E 10y "
"What makes your eyes 80 blue and brightT'
The old man asked in the wintry night.
'Tis because they reflect the heaven above.
Where we shall continue our earthly love-"
Fred A. Hunt, in Chicago Neus
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-02-24
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

If all the liquor shops in the country
were closed forever, we should have
taxes greatly reduced, labor more fully
rewarded, and withal an era of peace
suggestive of the Millennium Has
bandman. e,
THERE has not been liquor saloon
in Hancock County, w. Va, for forty
years. This accounts for the fact that
there is not prisoner in the county
Jail, and the grand jury failed to find
single indictment.
IT is estimated that If bounty were
offered for dead snakes the serpent
tribe of the United States would be
exterminated in ten years. Scarcely.
The distilleries arc all running
Boston TrGnscyipt.
LAST words of murderer: "When
my strangled body hangs between
heaven and earth. may all who look
upon it imagine they hear me say:
This is the work of rum. Is it nothing
to you, all ye that pass byp"
FoR about eleven years Of the hard
est working period Of my life, that in
which produced my large treatises on
physiology, edited the Medical Quarter
n Review, and did great deal Of other
literary work, besides lecturing. ] was
practically q total abstainer, though I
never took any pledge.-Dr. W. B.
Carpenter.
A NIsERABLE article is now adver-
tised. said to be sold by ''al druggists.
fancy grocers and flrstclass liquor
dealers throughout the United States. "
It 10 way of drinking whisky. brandy,
or gin. or port sherry, madeira, etc.,
as the advertisement says, without OBJ
servstion even in the most criticising
surroundings" They are recommend
cd to orators, actors and singers,
lowing to tie unobserved manner in
which they cen be utilized to overcome
fatigue and over-exertion." II "all
drug Ggists" sell them - advertised,
| then . great many Christian druggists
~ Aoing tie devils work. - CArisiian
AdvoostS. 1l gat
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-02-24
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
EARN AND EAT.

On, once there was little boy,
Who dearly loved to shirk,
Because he was d lazy lad, .
And hated all hard work.
One day his mother bade him churn
While she was gone TO town;
But soon as she was out Of sight
He flung the dasher down.
''It's churning, churnins, twice week."
He groaned despairingly;
4 wish there were no cows! ! wish
The churn was in the sea!
VI wish the butter'd churn itself;
wish"-and then he sighed
SThe old wood. box would MI ITSELF"
And then he almost cried.
.'Its, 'Bub, do this and 'Bub, do that
All duy, oh, dear.' groaned he.
"It's ail boy should do to eat
And grow, IL seems to me.
VI wish''--and he was wishing still
All foolish things, when, 10!
There stood his mother In the door
How could she hurry SO!
"I s'pose the buffers come" she said;
His face began to burn,
And he began TO fidget when
He saw her OF the chuin.
She lifted up the lid, and then
"You lazy boy!" she said,
~ ought to whip you, but won't;
III punish you instead
"By giving you dry bread to eat
Until you're glad to earn
The butter that you like SO well
BY working at the churn."
Now he was pleased to think that he
Could easily get rid
OF churning, II he went without
The butter Tor his bread.
But by and by he hungry grew,
And begged .'piece to eat;''
She cut slice OF bread. Alas.
He missed the butter sweet.
At dinner-time dry bread again.
The butter looked so nice!
"Oh, dear" thought he, II wish had
A titte for my Slice"
At supper-time 1t really seemed
On dry bread he must choke;
His mother smiled. But, ah. to him
1t seemed sorry Joke.
Next morning, very meelsly, he
Unto his mother said:
'I'll churn to-day" "And earn" said she
1.-THE butter for your bread.
II felt quite sure my plan would work;
hope from this you'll learn
This lesson: What he would enjoy,
A boy must help 10 earn"
t1o,- ~, v,,n ,ha,,,a t,o oer,cvood
To make himself shirk;
To earn o share in life's good things,
just do your share OF work"
-Eben H. RerfOrI
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Y
she came from. addressed few cas-
ual remarks to her on the state of the
weather and her own personal appear
ance. She took possession of me at
once. When l left the store she fol-
lowed me home. Invited her in and
gave her good supper. which she
seemed to enjoy heartily.
After that her kindness and affection
knew no bounds. She was never hap
py, save in my society; and when left
the house for any length of time, which
l generally had to do surreptitiously,
she would rummage all over the estab-
lishment, from garret to cellar, explor-
ing even the most unlikely places, ap-
parently thinking might be concealed
under washtubs, on shelves, behind
trunks. anywhere. everywhere.
When at last she reached the sad con-
viction that had really left the prem
ises, she would hunt up some article Of
dress belonging to me, carry it to my
sanctum, scramble on to table with Il
in her mouth. and laying her head down
upon it, there wait till I come home.
Poor little Fidget! How loved that lit
tie dog!
We had christened her Fidget because
she was such restless little thing.
There never was such hy-sbout in the
world. Now she would jump ON chair
and bark out of the window at nothing
then she would made dash at the cat,
and roll her over and over. till she gol
In rage and acted ugly. then Fdge
would give sharp bark and look at m.
Axedly for . few seconds. pretending
that she had never thought about th'
cat at all Il retarnsd her gisncs sh'
\ would begin to wag hsr tail. although
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-07-22
Tea and Coffee.

About the time our forefathers de-
cided to ''boycottr tea in England,
Benjamin Franklin estimated the con-
sumption in the Colonies at ten pounds
per head per annum. The population
was in the neighborhoOd of three mill
ions The boycott" was very destruc-
tive to the profits Of the East India Com
panv. which was forced to decline the
payment of $4,000, 600 per annum,
pledged to the British Government In
Boston harbor the cargoes Of tea were
infused in the salt water of the bay.
Franklin was probably mistaken in his
estimate Of the consumption of tea in the
Colonies in 1913, or he may have meant
to include adults only The present i'm
portation of tea TO this country amounts
to about ~, 900, 600 pounds, less G, 900, 600
exported. This involves consumption
of only little than one pound per capita,
about one-fifth of the present consump-
ton in Great Britain. Coffee is our
national drink, the consumption averag-
ing nearly ten pounds per head, against
but little more than half pound in Eng
land. The coffee crop was short in 1886,
in Brazil, to the extent of two million
bags (130 pounds each, as estimated, the
product being 5000, 600 bags instead Of
eight. This was the result of pro-
tracted drouth. Damage by rains in
September and November, 1856, threatens
further reduction in the crop of the
present year In 1866 coffee, which was
rated at seven and a half cents in April,
was held at thirteen before the end of the
year. Brazil supplies US with more than
two-thirds of all the coffee in use, and
any diminution in production there IS
felt at once at the breakfast table of every
family in this land-AmericaH Agrieul-
turit.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-07-22
Indians of Venezuela.

United States Consul Plumacher has
sent TO the Department of State from
Maracaibo an interestingrepOrt on the
habits of the Indians who live on the
peninsula of GOajira in Venezuela. This
territory, he says, is chiefly remarkable
for its entire abandonment into the
hands of the Indians, who have sue
ceeded, up to the present day, in pre-
serving their absolute independence,
recognizing no authority except that of
their own chiefs. Among the curious
customs the Consul tells of one in cases of
self-inflicted injuries. If an Indian ac-
cidentally wounds himself, breaks a
limb or meets with any similar accident,
his mothers family Immediately demand
of him the payment of blood, on the
theory that, as his blood is also their
own. he had no right to shed 1t without
-mHfing compensation The relatives of
his father also claim the payment OF
their tears, which arc of less -alue. Even
the friends who may have witnessed the
accident are entitled to compensation
for the grief into which they were
plunged at seeing their companion suf-
fer. Says the Consul:
sIf an Indian borrows a morse from a
friend and is thrown or in any way in
iured. his relatives demand compensa-
ton from the owner of the animal,
alleging, with undeniable logic, that the
accident could not have happened had
he not lent it. In case person is in
iured by his own animal he himself must
compensate his relatives accordingly.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-07-22
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.

How TO CLEAN DREssEs.-Get five
cents worth of soap-bark from the drug
gist's. ABOUT teacupfuD. For one
dress take half Of it and steep in abou,
one quart Of boiling water for about
half an hour or more; then strain through
4 cloth.
For silk dress, while the liquid is
warm, take piece of white flannel and
dip into at intervals, and rub the silk or
satln with it till it seems cleansed. When
done pull the material straight and hang
II to dry; do not iron either the silk or
satin, If the dress is very much soi,ed
use clean liquor to rinse it, but do not
use clear water for silk, or it will not
stiffen up well.
for wooden dress, dip the part TO be
s'eansed or the whole Of it. If needed.
INTO the liquor. This can be rinsed in
inc same after washing, or in clear, warm
water If very dirty put the dress TO
'oak IN tub in the liquor. with more
water added, before cleaning or washing.
Inc wollen goods should be pressed be-
lore they are quito dry.
Water IN which potatoes have been
boiled will cleanse delicate-colored
WOODEN or wOrsted goods. The dress
should be wet all over. Use no soap-
Rinse IN clear, warm water. Press while
still damp. This will not iniure the
most delicate colors.
The liquor in which soap-bark has
been stepped, when used cold, is excel
lent for washing blue lawns that are
easily faded. 1t should be washed with
more water than is used Tor woolens.-
Farm and Garden.